Great Sound, Great Atmosphere… but still just another FPS at heart.
The start up screens not being escapable is VERY annoying. Also I was not able to get sound working properly on Vista, even though I have an X-FI which is featured on the box and was disappointing as I was anticipating my 1st DX10 title with my new 8800GTX only to be able to play it in DX9, however the game did run fine on XP using DX9.
The game is pretty easy to beat and I akin the plasmids to magic in any other FPS or RPG game, the visuals in rapture are probably the best part of the game which fits perfectly with it’s excellent music. The overall game play is fun and worth a run through, you will probably find that a lot of the more “scary” parts of the game are strait out of F.E.A.R and similar FPS’s so nothing new there. The enemies visually will not blow you away nor will the AI, the entire Big Daddy / Little Sister thing is a neat twist… but again just a twist. I would recommend this game, but would advise someone to wait for the hype to die down and the prices to lower as well as at least 1 patch release before completely recommending Bioshock.
The Good:
Rapture is a captivating and different environment for a FPS to take place.
Music is excellent fit.
The Bad:
Cannot skip startup screens or in game scripted scenes.
All the hype: it will make you expect more than you will get.
Technical issues: This should have been sold as a DX9 game.